I went into issue 1 with low expectations and I actually really enjoyed it. I got my hopes up for issue 2 but it was just kinda....eh. I mean, the writing was good, but it just seems like another House of M, only with Doom in charge instead of Magneto. The ending might lead to something interesting but when all is said and done, Battleworld will only be a memory.

Maybe House of M is the wrong event to compare it to...I should have compared it to Flashpoint. A series set in an altered timeline that won't really matter, but will lead to changes in the mainstream universe.

As someone who didn't want this spoiled wtf does this have to do with Secret Wars?

Thor Corps. The "police" on Doomworld. I thought Jane Foster aka Thor might be in Thor Corps or whatever the Thors are called on Battleworld. Beta Ray Bill is there. Storm is there. Sooo...I thought...Jane would be a good fit, too.Any info on that, yet?

I went into issue 1 with low expectations and I actually really enjoyed it. I got my hopes up for issue 2 but it was just kinda....eh. I mean, the writing was good, but it just seems like another House of M, only with Doom in charge instead of Magneto. The ending might lead to something interesting but when all is said and done, Battleworld will only be a memory.

Maybe House of M is the wrong event to compare it to...I should have compared it to Flashpoint. A series set in an altered timeline that won't really matter, but will lead to changes in the mainstream universe.

Flashpoint. Never heard of it or read it, but based on your post above? Good comparison.

Or. Maybe not.

Battleworld will have HUGE impact on the MU. As it is the spawning ground for the ENTIRE NEW MU. So. Unless Flashpoint restarted and expanded an entire comics universe? Flashpoint isn't really the good comparison that it may have seemed to be.

So. Unless Flashpoint restarted and expanded an entire comics universe? Flashpoint isn't really the good comparison that it may have seemed to be.

That's exactly what Flashpoint did.

"Flashpoint is an American comic book crossover story arc published by DC Comics. Consisting of an eponymous core limited series and a number of tie-in titles, the storyline premiered in May 2011. The core miniseries was written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Andy Kubert. In its conclusion, the series radically changes the status quo for the DC Universe leading into the publisher's 2011 relaunch, The New 52."

So. Unless Flashpoint restarted and expanded an entire comics universe? Flashpoint isn't really the good comparison that it may have seemed to be.

That's exactly what Flashpoint did.

"Flashpoint is an American comic book crossover story arc published by DC Comics. Consisting of an eponymous core limited series and a number of tie-in titles, the storyline premiered in May 2011. The core miniseries was written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Andy Kubert. In its conclusion, the series radically changes the status quo for the DC Universe leading into the publisher's 2011 relaunch, The New 52."

So. Unless Flashpoint restarted and expanded an entire comics universe? Flashpoint isn't really the good comparison that it may have seemed to be.

That's exactly what Flashpoint did.

"Flashpoint is an American comic book crossover story arc published by DC Comics. Consisting of an eponymous core limited series and a number of tie-in titles, the storyline premiered in May 2011. The core miniseries was written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Andy Kubert. In its conclusion, the series radically changes the status quo for the DC Universe leading into the publisher's 2011 relaunch, The New 52."

Regarding Flashpoint, I recommend Flashpoint: Batman. Cyborg was supposed to be the main hero of the Flashpoint universe but they really didn't do anything with him, IMO, and if I recall he didn't get his own Flashpoint series.

Regarding Flashpoint, I recommend Flashpoint: Batman. Cyborg was supposed to be the main hero of the Flashpoint universe but they really didn't do anything with him, IMO, and if I recall he didn't get his own Flashpoint series.

Well with Flashpoint it was more b.s. clapping Cyborg on the back and big upping him without really giving him much to do, IMO, or even his own side series. Though in the New 52 they have tried to raise his profile. They included him on the Justice League, sidestepping the Teen Titans. I think he played a role in Forever Evil, working with the Metal Men (that's collected in the graphic novel Forever Justice-I picked it up but haven't read it. To be real though I was hoping it was the Forever Evil story more so than Cyborg and the Metal Men; should've paid more attention before I bought it). Cyborg is finally getting his solo series, which comes out this summer, and is being written by David F. Walker, who is doing the Shaft book right now. I'm looking forward to Walker's Cyborg series.